France Martin shared these on her blog and I had to make some for my family. She used hers to hold York Peppermint Patties. Some of my snowmen held two snack size Hershey bars and others held a Chapstick and a snack size Hershey bar in these.
You can get four snowmen out of one 8 1/2" x 11" piece of white card stock.
Items needed:
1 - 8 1/2" x 11" piece of white CS
4 - 2" x 2" pieces of black CS
4 - 1/2" x 2 1/2" pieces of black CS
Ribbon
Washi tape
Brads or candy dots
Scrap piece of orange CS
Envelope punch board
Instructions:
- Score on the 11" side of the CS at 5 1/8" and 5 7/8"
- Cut on the 8 1/2" side at 2 1/8" ... Do this two more times to get four snowmen pieces
- Fold on score lines
- Take each piece and use the Envelope Punch Board to punch at 2 1/8" from each end and on both sides - your pieces should look like the picture below
- Use the Envelope Punch Board to round the corners on one end of the 2" x 2" black CS - for the top of the hat
- Place the rounded end of the 2" x 2" black CS square onto the Envelop Punch Board at the 1" mark and punch - Keep the punched out part for the snowman's mouth - Repeat on remaining 2" x 2" black CS pieces
- Use the Envelope Punch Board to round all the corners on the 1/2" x 2 1/2" pieces of black CS - for the brim of the hat - the picture below shows what your pieces should look like now
- Place washi tape towards the bottom of the hat and affix the brim to the hat
- Attach the completed hat to one end of the snowman body piece
- Cut small triangles out of the orange CS
- Attach mouth and nose to snowman
- Use candy dots or brads for eyes and buttons
- Use glue dot to secure candy to the inside of the snowman
- Tie ribbon in knot around the snowman's neck
There you have it! A cute little gift ... I think I might leave one in the mailbox for our mail carrier!
Have a great day! ツ
